Below is a link to a video I made a few years ago when Matt, Alan, and I met up at Blue Ridge Motorcycle Campground to celebrate Matt's 50th (yes, he's the youngster in that group). It was a fun weekend where we got silly as can be, largely because we were freezing our butts off (it got into the 20's each evening and none of us had anticipated that).

Anyway, this video opens with a longish segment of The Rattler (Hwy 209), which is on the Maggie May initial route. Click here for the video.

Sated by lunch at the Smoky Mountain Diner, this second, and optional leg of the route has plenty to offer those who are brave, curious, and willing to risk a little bit of "Dilly-Dollying" around. You’ll head up into Tennessee, skirting some of the more populated areas, though you shouldn’t see too much of that until you snake through Pidgeon Forge and Gatlinburg. We don’t recommend a trip to Dollywood, or going much off-route as the crowds and traffic are often ridiculous. Keep to the route and you will be rewarded with the fastest, most traffic-free route through/around those towns, to where the scenery makes it worthwhile. That said, wild-fires last summer did some damage in this area but there should be some new growth (and some new buildings as well). Finish the day with a jaunt down Foothills Parkway and then on to the Dragon and HellBender before retiring for the day. An exceptional 238 miles.

Matt

2005 1200GS (Traveller) IBA 37694

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